Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Edwards, Luther T. Sr., 1959 

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LUTHER THOMAS EDWARDS 

   Luther Thomas Edwards, Sr., 78, retired farmer, died Tuesday afternoon in 
Raiford Memorial Hospital after a lingering illness.

   A native of Southampton County, he was a son of Newett and Elizabeth Screws 
Edwards and a member of Mt. Horeb Methodist Church.

   He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Elma Britt Edwards, five sons, Cecil 
Edwards, Bobby Edwards, L.T. Edwards and William Edwards of Franklin and 
Marvin Edwards of Norfolk; five daughters, Miss Martha Edwards and Mrs. 
Katherine Edwards Weaver of Franklin, Mrs. Grace Edwards Whitfield of Handsom, 
Mrs. Mamie E. Edwards Wilson of Petersburg and Mrs. Bessie Edwards Shelton of 
Norfolk, a brother, Bennett Edwards of Courtland, six grandchildren and a 
number of nieces and nephews.

   Funeral services were conducted today at the Holland Funeral Chapel at 3 
p.m. by the Rev. James B. Douglas, pastor of High Street Methodist Church, 
assisted by the Rev. ? F. Smith, pastor of Newsoms Baptist Church and the 
Rev. O.L. Gochenour, pastor of the Newsoms Methodist Church.

   Burial was in Poplar Spring Cemetery.


Luther Thomas EDWARDS, Sr., retired farmer, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 19 May 1959, Franklin, age 78, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 3, Section B, Plot 16*), Franklin, 
   21 May 1959, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), May 21, 1959, Sect. I, p. 8 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx3.txt 

His first wife, Nonie (BARDEN) EDWARDS, is buried in Annex 2, Plot 214. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt 


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